Cartridge-shell reloader



(No Model.)

O. A. HUSSEY. CARTRIDGE SHELL RBLOADER.

Patented Aug. 12, 1890.

INVENTOfi WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. HUSSEY, OF FORT BIDWELL, CALIFORNIA.

CARTRIDGE-SHELL RELOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,339, dated August 12, 1890. Application filed March 1, 1890. Serial No. 342,529. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. HUSSEY, of Fort Bidwell, in the county of Modoc and State of California, haveinvented a new and Improved Oartridge-Shell Reloader, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to implements of the class employed in the loading or reloading of cartridge-shells, the object of the invention being to provide for the ready removal of the exploded cap, to provide for the placing in position of a cap or primer, to provide for the imparting of asteady uniform pressure to the wads that are arranged above the powder and shot, and to provide for the holding of the cartridge-head at times when the exploded cap is being removed and a new cap is being placed in position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the reloader, the view being taken on line mm of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is an end view thereof, taken from the position indicated by the arrow at in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view, the capping and decapping lever being shown in section.

In the drawings, 10 represents a base-plate, uponwhichthereismountedastandard11,that is provided with an overhanging section 12, in which there is mounted a plunger 13, formed with a rack 14. This rack 14. is engaged by a gear 15, housed within the standard projection 12, and to the gear there is connected an operating-lever 16, as shown.

To the baselO there is pivotally connected a plate 17, carrying a cup 18, such cup being adapted to receive a cartridge head, and the plate being arranged so that it may be moved to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 3 or moved to a position beneath the plunger 13, so that when the plunger is depressed it will enter the open end of the cartridge, being guided thereto by a funnel 20, within which phe cartridge-shell is placed, as shown best in Between ribs or flanges 21, that are formed upon or connected to the standard 11, I mount a plate 22, the side edges of said plate riding in grooves 23, and to this plate 22, I connect a small bored vertical tube 241, the parts being normally held in the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1 by a spring 25. the bore of the tube 24, I arrange a stem 26, the lower end of which rides upon an inclined face 27 formed in the base-plate 10, while the upper end carries a pin 28, the parts being so proportioned that when the tube 24 is in the posit-ion in which it is shown in Fig.1 the upper end of the pin 28 will be about level with the top of the tube 24; but if the tube 24 be forced toward the standard against the tension of the spring 25 the stem 26 will be carried upward, so that the point of the pin 28 will be somewhat above the upper end of the tube 24, as will be readily understood.

Between the flanges 21 is mounted a lever 30, such lever being fulcrumed at b. This lever 30 is formed with a groove 31 and provided or formed with a projection 32.

In operation the shell to be reloaded is placed upon the tube 24 in the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The tube, and with it the shell, is then forced inward against the tension of the spring 25, and the lever 30 is moved downward, as indicated by its arrow, which movement of the lever will bring that portion of its face shown at c c to bear upon the shell-head, and the shell will be moved downward, the pin at this time passing upward through the anvil and against the under side of the exploded cap, any continued move ment of the lever carrying the cap from its seat. After the exploded cap has been removed, the pressure upon the tube 24 is relaxed, and the tube, and with it the cartridgeshell, will be moved outward to the position in which the parts are shown in Fig. 1.' Then if a new cap be applied and the lever 30 again moved downward the projection 32 will bear upon the cap and the cap will be forced to its seat. After the shell has been capped it is removed from the tube 24 and placed head downward in the cup 18, the funnel 20 at this time being placedin position upon the shell. The powder is then introduced, and after the powder a wad, which is driven downward to position upon the powder by throwing the lever 16 upward, or in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1. The shot is then put in, and finally the wad upon the top of the shot, which wad is driven home in the same W'ithin IOC manner as the wad placed above the powder.

From the description above given it will be seen that the shell, having being been placed upon the tube 24, is decapped and recapped without removing it therefrom. It will also be seen that the head ofthe shell will not be injured during the process of decapping and recapping, inasmuch as it will always be supported by the upper end of the tube 24. It will also be seen that a steady uniform pressure maybe applied to the wads, and consequently there will be less liability of expanding and bursting the cartridge-shells than there would be if the wads Were driven home by means of a plunger and mallet.

Shells may be quickly loaded, and withal the implement is simple, cheap, and durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim'asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent' 1. In a cartridge-reloader, the combination, with a base formed with an inclined face 27, of a tube24, arranged-in connection with the base, a stem arranged within the tube and resting on the inclined face 27, apin carried by the stem, and an operating-lever, substantially as described.

2. In a cartridge-reloader, the combination, with a base formed with an inclined face 27, of a tube 24,arranged in connection with the base,"a stem arranged within the tube and resting on the inclined face 27, a pin carried by the stem,a spring secured to the standard and arranged to bear against the tube, and an j operating-lever, substantially as described.

3. In a cartridge-loading implement, the

base 10, having a Vertical standard 11, oVer-- hanging the base at its upper end and provided with a vertical bore and alateral 'openin g in said overhanging portion, the plunger 13, working in said bore and having a rack 14, the lever 16, having a gear 15 on its inner end within the said lateral opening and meshing into said rack, and the arm 17, pivoted at one end to the upper face of the base and provided at its opposite end with an upward-projecting cup 18, substantially as set forth.

4. A combined loader, capper, and decapper, consisting'in a base 10, provided with a vertical standard between its ends having an overhanging upper end, a plunger and its operating-lever mounted in said overhanging end, a laterally-swinging arm 17, pivoted on p Y the base and provided with cup 18, adapted to be swung under the plunger,'the lever 30, I

pivoted to theopposite side of the standard and having a pin 32, groove 31, and rounded shoulders-c c at opposite sides of the groove, the guides 21 on the base below the lever 30,

the incline 27 between said guides, the tube 24, having a flanged lower end sliding in said guides, the spring 25, pressing the tube outward, and the stem 26 within the tube and j resting at its lowerend on the incline 27 and the pin 28 on the stem, substantially as set forth. I 4

CHARLES A. HU'SS'EY. Witnesses:

NICHOLAS T. ALBRECHT,

N. STOKER. 

